Education
Mediator 2003
Right of audience, The Danish Supreme Court 1994
Master of Laws 1976
Language
English
Jes Anker Mikkelsen has extensive experience in advising clients on maritime, transport and insurance law, as well as international trade.
He advises clients on, among others, cargo transportation, chartering agreements, collisions, grounding and salvage, insurance coverage, indemnity insurance, P&I, Hull & Machinery, insurance regulatory issues and insurance mediation.
Jes has, moreover, conducted numerous court cases and arbitration proceedings within his area of expertise and has acted as mediator on a number of occasions in Denmark and abroad.
Finally, Jes is part of Bech-Bruun's Cross-Border Insolvency Shipping Team and has particular experience with the American Chapter 11 and Chapter 15 rules.
Legal500 Rating 2013
- Insurance
Jes Anker Mikkelsen and Henrik Valdorf-Hansen jointly lead Bech-Bruun’s practice, for which recent work includes regulatory matters, insurance portfolio transfers, and high-value domestic and international disputes. Mikkelsen, who shows ‘good judgement and deep understanding of Danish insurance law’, is Danish counsel to Lloyd’s of London, (...).
Legal 500, Insurance